9:02 PM,
Nov. 3, 2012

Jason Turner with Republic Services empties recycling cans in an alley at 13th and Ogden Streets in Indianapolis on Friday.

Written by

Kate Jacobson
Star reporter

After the city of Indianapolis pushed to improve its curbside recycling program last year, the number of users increased by 90 percent.

That's an impressive figure until you consider another percentage: Even with that increase, just 10 percent of households participate in curbside recycling.

That means Indianapolis, which has been striving since 2008 to become "the most sustainable city in the Midwest," has one of the most underused recycling programs in the nation for a city its size. ...